Leaders have opportunity to help poor
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said food security will be top of the agenda at the G8 meeting this week (8 - 10 July). It’s good to hear.
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Oxfam welcomes crucial Australian support for climate fund
The Prime Minister’s ‘in principle’ backing of a climate fund would be good news and could break the deadlock at the heart of global climate negotiations, says Oxfam Australia’s Julie-Anne Richards.
Millions face hunger as seasons disappear
As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd heads off to major international meetings with climate change high on the agenda this week, a new report reveals that seasons which were once distinct are shifting, destroying harvests and causing widespread hunger.
Will COAG deliver on Indigenous health?
The Close the Gap campaign will be watching tomorrow’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Darwin to see if governments commit to genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Deep injustice at the heart of climate change
The world is getting close to the time when a global deal to secure a stable climate for future generations has to be struck, writes Oxfam Australia’s James Ensor.
Moving beyond emergency in the NT
It was amidst horrifying reports of child sexual abuse that the Northern Territory Emergency Response was announced two years ago this week.
Leadership on Emissions Trading Scheme desperately needed
The proposed Emissions Trading Scheme needs to be urgently amended if Australia is to play a leadership role at international climate negotiations, Oxfam Australia Executive Director Andrew Hewett said today.
Oxfam warns against one-size-fits-all approach to aviation and shipping emissions
Oxfam welcomed the Australian Government’s call for international aviation and shipping emissions to be part of an international climate deal yesterday, but warned that poor small island states, which depend on air and sea links, should be exempt from the schemes.
Pakistan crisis – aid effort in jeopardy due to lack of funds
Two of Australia’s largest aid agencies said today their efforts to help more than 600,000 people affected by fighting in the Swat Valley in Pakistan are in jeopardy because of a lack of funding from wealthy governments and others around the world.
New report offers solution to climate change deadlock
A new report launched today (Thursday 11 June) could break the deadlock at the heart of the UN climate talks currently underway in Bonn - who is going to cut emissions and who is going to pay.